problem with installing libcompat

[ckhuangf@…]

I got this error and had no clue to fix it. Anyone can help?

wireless695:libcompat chung$ sudo port install libcompat
Password:
Warning: No mirror sites on file for class opendarwin
--->  Fetching libcompat
--->  Attempting to fetch libcompat-4.6.2-RELEASE.tar.bz2 from http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/libcompat
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for libcompat
--->  Extracting libcompat
--->  Applying patches to libcompat
--->  Configuring libcompat
--->  Building libcompat with target all
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat" && bsdmake all " returned error 1
Command output: Warning: Object directory not changed from original /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat
cc -Os -pipe   -DLIBC_SCCS -DSYSLIBC_SCCS -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/../libc/locale -fno-common  -c /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/ascftime.c
cc -Os -pipe   -DLIBC_SCCS -DSYSLIBC_SCCS -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/../libc/locale -fno-common  -c /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/cftime.c
cc -Os -pipe   -DLIBC_SCCS -DSYSLIBC_SCCS -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/../libc/locale -fno-common  -c /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/ftime.c
cc -Os -pipe   -DLIBC_SCCS -DSYSLIBC_SCCS -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/../libc/locale -fno-common  -c /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/getpw.c
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/getpw.c: In function 'getpw':
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/getpw.c:56: error: 'L_cuserid' undeclared (first use in this function)
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/getpw.c:56: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat/4.1/getpw.c:56: error: for each function it appears in.)
*** Error code 1

Stop in /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_libcompat/work/libcompat.

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
wireless695:libcompat chung$ 

[boeyms@…]

Could I ask which version of Mac OS X and Xcode you are using, and whether you are installing libcompat on its own or because it is listed as a dependency for something else? Hopefully others can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure that libcompat was only needed prior to Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), so you should be able to do without it.

[afb@…]

"4.6.2-RELEASE" sounds like something ported over from FreeBSD 4.6.2 (released in 2001)

[afb@…]

Duplicate, #12853

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